Sec. 161.146. COMPLIANCE WITH LIVESTOCK MARKET REGULATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person, as owner or operator of a livestock market, fails or refuses to furnish adequate facilities in accordance with Section 161.113(c) of this code or fails or refuses to permit an agent of the commission to enter the market, exercise an authority, or perform a duty under Subchapter G of this chapter. A person commits a separate offense for each day of failure or refusal.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person removes livestock from a livestock market without a certificate required by rule of the commission adopted under Subchapter G of this chapter.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person violates any provision of Subchapter G of this chapter or a rule adopted under that subchapter. A person commits a separate offense for each day on which the person violates a provision of the subchapter or a rule.
(d) A person commits an offense if the person violates a provision of Section 161.116 of this code. A person commits a separate offense for each animal sold, released, diverted, or delivered in violation of that section.
(e) An offense under Subsection (a), (c), or (d) of this section is a Class B misdemeanor. An offense under Subsection (b) of this section is a Class B misdemeanor for each animal removed from the livestock market.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1407, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products
Subtitle C - Control of Animal Diseases and Pests
Chapter 161 - General Disease and Pest Control
Subchapter H. Remedies and Penalties
Section 161.132. Civil Suit Against Nonresident Violator
Section 161.133. Violation by Corporation
Section 161.134. Proof of Treatment or Vaccination
Section 161.135. Improper Disposal of Diseased Carcass
Section 161.136. Entry of Animals in Exhibition Without Certificate
Section 161.137. Movement of Animals From Stockyard or Railway Shipping Pen Without Certificate
Section 161.1375. Movement of Feral Swine
Section 161.138. Refusal to Permit Entrance
Section 161.139. Refusal to Permit Inspection of Shipment
Section 161.140. Refusal to Permit Examination of Animal or Carcass
Section 161.1405. Refusal to Provide Access to Animal
Section 161.141. Movement in Violation of Quarantine
Section 161.142. Sale or Movement of Animal With Glanders
Section 161.143. Importation of Animals
Section 161.145. Veterinarian Failure to Report Diseased Animals
Section 161.146. Compliance With Livestock Market Regulation
Section 161.147. Failure to Maintain Dealer Records
Section 161.148. Administrative Penalty
Section 161.149. Test for Equine Infectious Anemia
Section 161.150. Failure to Register Feral Swine Holding Facilities; Holding of Feral Swine